"Xiao Hei, I want my empress to make you a general!"
"Xiao Hei, you are the savior of tens of thousands of troops in Danzhou City!"
"Xiao Hei, do you want me to accompany you to Turks?"
Under the excitement, Qingyu couldn't help but roar over and over again even as she rode on her horse. She finally breathed a sigh of relief after suppressing it for countless days.
At least, the current Danzhou City can be saved.
Although she did not witness the most glorious moment of the three fires that shot into the sky, she could imagine how the Northern Qi army without food and grass could attack the city?
When Xiaohei shot the first arrow and hit the opponent's food, Qingyu was deeply shocked by the young man in front of him.
She even dared to bet that it was Xiao Hei who saved her between life and death when she was attacked in the alley of the Imperial City.
No one except her could see the magical scene tonight. Even the Queen in the Imperial City would not believe that everything was done by Xiao Hei.
Moreover, with both legs completely broken, if Xiao Hei's legs were not injured, he might have rushed into the Northern Qi camp to find trouble for the Imperial Master.
However, Xiao Hei was obviously not as excited as Qing Yu.
Burning the food and fodder of the Northern Qi army was only the first step. He knew that he had to be prepared for the Northern Qi army to come and defeat them, so he attacked the city in a hurry.
There is also the safety of the two of them. The Imperial Master, who has lost his food and grass, will no longer be afraid and will send more troops to hunt down the two of them.
Looking at the moon that was gradually setting in the sky, Xiao Hei said in a deep voice: "Sister Qingyu, let's stop traveling after dawn and find a cave to rest."
Qingyu was stunned and couldn't help but ask: "Are we not on our way? Didn't you say you were going to Xifenzhou?"
Xiao Hei shook his head and shouted loudly: "Before arriving in Xifenzhou, we traveled at night and slept during the day."
In Xiao Hei's view, the only way to avoid the Northern Qi army's pursuit and to gather news from all over the city was to stay in hiding during the day and stay out at night.
Even when he arrived in Xifenzhou, he had to rest for a few days before slowly heading to the imperial city.
At that time, he can spend money to buy an identity in Xifenzhou City, and even if he encounters an inspection by the Northern Qi army, he can escape openly.
After all, even the Imperial Master has never seen their true faces.
This was his unintentional plan, but in the end it became their reliance on escape.
Qingyu didn't expect Xiaohei to think so carefully, and she couldn't help but yelled: "No, let's go further, go to the Turks, and go back to the imperial city through the desert."
Xiao Hei ignored her, just looking forward to having a sky full of stars like tonight in the next few nights.
This way, the horse can see the road ahead clearly and the two of them can arrive at Xifenzhou earlier.
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In Danzhou City, 20,000 reinforcements and food were replenished overnight, giving the defending general Yu Wenmingyang the courage to fight to the death with the enemies below the city.
After all, in his opinion, as long as his side survives three days, the Northern Qi army will be defeated.
With an army of 50,000 against an enemy of 100,000 attacking the city, even Northern Qi's cavalry had no advantage at all.
Not to mention that now is the time when the morale of one's own army is greatly boosted, while the other side has lost food and grass and has injured many soldiers. I'm afraid that the morale of the army will fall to the bottom overnight.
It was not yet bright, and the Northern Qi military camp was still in chaos.
The furious National Preceptor and the young general almost overturned the nearby land for hundreds of miles. The National Preceptor vowed to death to catch the murderer who set fire to the army's food and fodder.
And until now, the Northern Qi army did not even have a portrait of the murderer. They only knew a boy with injured legs and a young woman.
Then, the news that the Northern Qi Imperial Preceptor was seriously injured by an assassin and even blinded reached Danzhou City, which immediately shocked the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
This undoubtedly gave him great confidence in the Zhou soldiers. If the tiger has no teeth, do they still need to be afraid?
No one thought that Northern Qi's Imperial Guard would be injured at this time. This was a shocking event.
Once the Northern Qi army loses the help of the Imperial Master, its combat strength will be reduced by at least half.
The army in Danzhou City can take a breath for a while, and even resolve the crisis of breaking the city.
The Northern Qi army was in a state of confusion. The national army was seriously injured and blind. No one could face the general in Danzhou City. If they missed the opportunity in front of them, Northern Qi might never have the chance to capture this fortress.
In the camp, the master's face was ashen. He never thought that such a thing would happen.
It was just confirmed in the morning that Zhou Dynasty increased its troops to Danzhou City last night. Not only tens of thousands of troops came, but also a lot of food and grass. As a result, the situation between the enemy and ourselves was instantly suspended.
If they had attacked the city in a battle yesterday, the Northern Qi army would still have a chance to win Danzhou in a desperate attempt.
At present, the morale of the troops in the Northern Qi camp is in great chaos. Last night, the food and grass were burned, and several military camps were burned. Up to now, the dead and wounded soldiers have not been counted.
How can we continue this war?
Reluctantly, the Northern Qi army finally launched an attack on Danzhou City.
Suddenly, at the surrounding gates, the invincible Northern Qi soldiers finally went to war with the tenacious Zhou Dynasty soldiers. The well-prepared Danzhou garrison laid countless traps outside the city overnight.
Just to trap and kill the angry Northern Qi soldiers.
For a time, the two sides were separated by a high city wall, and the sky was shattered and the earth was shattered, and the sun and the moon were eclipsed.
The invincible Northern Qi cavalry finally stopped in front of Danzhou City. No one on either side took advantage.
After a day of fierce fighting, the Northern Qi army had to cease operations after suffering thousands of casualties.
The undefeated Northern Qi Imperial Master was seriously injured, and the world was shocked.
You must know that the Imperial Master of the Northern Qi Dynasty is the best master in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and even Yu Wenmingyang of Danzhou City is hard to match.
The Northern Qi army failed to attack the city and lost all their food and grass. They had to march north and temporarily evacuated the camp that had been operating in front of Danzhou City for several months.
After this battle, the Zhou Dynasty defended the border fortress, and the Northern Qi army was weakened.
No matter what, the war between the two sides was temporarily suspended due to the serious injury of the Northern Qi Imperial Master. In a short period of time, no one could do anything to the other.
Even with the troops withdrawing from Danzhou City, the Northern Qi Imperial Master did not let go of his wanted arrest for the murderer who attacked the camp and set fire to it.
For a time, countless pursuers were dispatched from outside Danzhou City, just to apprehend the murderer.
The Imperial Master even offered a reward of 10,000 gold coins to all the young men in Northern Qi who injured him. However, only those around him knew that this was an impossible task.
Until now, they didn't know what the murderer looked like, nor their names.
At this time, Xiao Hei and Qing Yu, who were on the run, were hiding in the cave, treating day as night.
Although Qingyu didn't know the final battle situation outside Danzhou City, she knew from the three blazing fires that the Northern Qi army had run out of food and fodder.
Looking at the frowning Xiao Hei lying in the sleeping bag in front of her, Qingyu's heart that had just been put down was raised again.
Because she didn’t know whether the empress’ elixir could cure Xiao Hei’s legs.
Since Xiao Hei was severely injured while fighting the Northern Qi Imperial Master, then the Zhou Dynasty owed Xiao Hei a huge favor.
Although Xiao Hei repeatedly emphasized that he would never help Da Zhou again from now on.
Qingyu knew very well that Xiao Hei saved her life in the imperial city before, and this time she saved tens of thousands of troops in Fanzhou City. It was considered that the empress owed Xiao Hei a huge favor.
This favor was so great that she, Qingyu, could not repay it, and I am afraid that even the empress and the emperor could not repay it.
Qingyu, who was extremely melancholy for a moment, looked at Xiao Hei and sighed, and said quietly: "Xiao Hei, what should we do next?"
Xiao Hei closed his eyes and did not open them. He was waiting for the arrival of darkness.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Hei quietly replied: "We are just traveling at night and we shouldn't be afraid of being encountered by the soldiers chasing the Northern Qi. Let's talk about everything when we get to Xifen Prefecture."
Qingyu sighed and said: "I'm afraid that even if I were beaten to death, I wouldn't have thought that you, the little guy, ended up saving the tens of thousands of defenders in Danzhou City, right?"
Xiao Hei shook his head and said softly: "I just want to go home. Only you know about Sister Qingyu..."
According to Xiao Hei, if his legs weren't disabled, he wouldn't even want Qingyu to let her know his trump card.
After all, he didn't have much favorable impression of Emperor Zhou.
I went to the palace out of pure curiosity and wanted to make up for the days when the five regions did not enjoy the palace.
If it weren't for the sake of the two little guys in Da Qi Imperial City, he really thought he shouldn't have left his brother in the first place.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be like this. No matter how big the trouble is, it won't be a big trouble if my brother is here.
Qingyu was stunned, looked at Xiao Hei and complained softly: "Are you going to ignore me and my empress in the future?"
Xiao Hei replied noncommittally: "Brother said that personal friendship can be discussed, but it cannot be related to important matters of the imperial court. I will not return to the palace with Sister Qingyu in the future."
Compared with his own life, apart from the tired gardens, the only things left in the Great Zhou Palace were the delicacies.
However, compared to the delicious food made by his brother, he would rather stay at No. 47 Xianlai Liquor.
Qingyu sighed and replied helplessly: "We'll talk about this later. Let's set off when it gets dark. I'll go feed the horses first."
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In the Imperial City of Northern Qi, I came to the backyard on the 17th.
Qingqing placed the brush in her hand on the inkstone on the table, turned and looked at the old shopkeeper beside her and asked: "Grandpa, when will my brother come back?"
The old man frowned when he heard this, thought for a moment and replied, "I'm afraid we have to wait until the apricots on the tree in the yard mature."
Qingqing thought for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully: "It seems to be coming soon?"
Xiao Yan'er, who was lying on the side, stretched out her head and licked the old man's hand. The old man smiled, peeled the peanuts and fed them to her. He said with a smile: "Don't worry, brother will be back."
Yan'er whined a few times and glanced at her sister again. The look on her face showed that Yan'er also missed her brother.
Qingqing imitated the old man's behavior and looked at Yan'er with a smile: "Sister, don't worry, let's finish eating the apricots on this tree first. If your brother doesn't come back, I will take you to find him."
When the old man heard this, he looked at the two little guys and said, "Okay, when the apricots on this tree are eaten and he doesn't come back, I will take you two little guys out for a walk."
Qingqing just said it casually, but she didn't expect that the old man really followed her wishes, and she started to giggle.
She looked at Yan'er and smiled: "Look, sister is right, brother will be back soon."
The old man sighed, looked at the sky outside the living room and said, "It's getting late. You should go and have a rest. You have to practice sword practice when you get up early tomorrow."
The old man cut a bamboo sword for Qingqing according to Xiao Hei's request. Now the little girl looks good every morning and has to practice the sword-drawing technique for half an hour.
Qingqing also knew that it was time to go back to the house to rest. After listening to the old man's words, she reached out and picked up Yan'er beside her and walked out the door.
After thinking for a while, he turned back to the old man and said, "Grandpa, is this what we have agreed on?"
The old man waved his hand and said: "It's settled, grandpa won't lie to you."
"Then my sister and I can rest assured." Qingqing then took her sister back to the house to sleep with satisfaction.
The old man looked at the oil lamp in front of him, and when he was about to ask something, a faint golden light emerged from his mind, and a voice asked: "Tell me, what do you want to ask?"
